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Job Purpose

We are delighted to be supporting a Local Authority to recruit a temporary Democratic Services and Legal Support Officer on a full-time, temporary basis.

Working Arrangements - This role offers flexibility on remote/hybrid working dependant on the services needs.

Key Responsibilities

• To provide a professional and comprehensive support service for the Council, Committees, Sub-Committees, Panels and Working Groups of the Council.
• To organise and clerk Committee meetings, boards or panel with external stakeholders as required.
• To provide professional advice on the conduct of Council business.
• To manage assigned committee forward work plans.
• To maintain the Council’s electronic Governance records.
• To log track and monitor the implementation of Committee, Sub-Committees and Working Group decisions.
• To assist with the delivery of the Councillor Training Programme.
• To raise invoices associated with the role’s responsibilities.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience using IssueManager.
• Confidence in attending Cabinet and Full Council Meetings.
• Proven substantial experience in a similar role involving liaising with a wide range of contacts in a professional manner.
• Experience of operating at a high level of concentration over a range of activities with high level workload pressure.
• Knowledge of Modern.gov software package.
• Extensive working knowledge of a wide range of MS Office packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.